Bucharest City Guide
Well well well I finally made it be it’s in the middle of winter to this lovely Eastern European Capital which is more than met my expectations and just on Boulevard or ly reu about to enter the Old Town more about the old town later so stick around
So what I liked about the center of bucarest was the lovely imp place his old architecture but the term Paris of the East a phrase commonly used between the two w Wars never did stick probably to the Delight of some of their Posh neighbors next door in Hungary with of
Course their beautiful Capital City Budapest too having the same label walking around the center of Bucharest is easy and despite having very good in expensive public transport including an excellent Metro service if you do stay in the center which I recommend you do you may not even have to use it but more
About that in a minute what I didn’t like so much was the amount of graffiti which kept cropping up everywhere together with the very old and not so old now abandoned buildings some which I imagined were probably quite pleasing to the eye in their time when whether it’s
The old shops and old businesses you stumble across lovely old arcades and places for coffee Booker rest is full of history but of course arriving in any new place for the first time can be a daunting experience like which area in town is the best place to choose and
Where do you go on your first night well in Bucharest it’s quite easy peasy ja and easy let me explain there’s only four Metro stations you need to know which are all on the same M2 blue line and by the way of the 72-hour pass I treated myself to to
Travel anywhere on the Metro which only cost 20 L I only use the Metro Tri during my stay choose your hotel and accommodation location within close walking distance to any of these four stations and that you sorted the busiest and most compact area for bars clubs and restaurants is I
Think in the old town and right here you will find a small selection of some quite good hotels but be warned night time here is very noisy indeed with music blasting from the bars and clubs well into the early hours of the morning you need folks if you want a good night’s Sleep kala Victor or Victory Avenue is one of the best known thorough fars is a popular place to stay and again running north to south a good snapshot of bucharest’s History going back maybe 10 or 15 years is a walk through any of these four boulevards
Boulevard L Kata cha bu vul General ja magawa buard Nikolai balesu Boulevard l k reahu presuming you will be arriving by air on your first ever visit the very good Henry Kanda International Airport is situated about 10 miles or up to 30 minutes by taxi to the
Center there is also an airport bus service running 24 hours a day which takes about an hour to get to the city center and yes there is another way by train also running 24 hours a day seven days a week whizzing you direct from the airport to the North Station in around
25 minutes with a direct link to the Metro which generally runs from 5:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. therefore if you arrive late at night with all your luggage looking at things realistically a prepaid airport taxi or one of a now many ride share companies is probably probably your best
Bet arriving an Uber Comfort taxi cost me 61 L which is around €1 including tip and a bol taxi for my return cost 57 L and I must say the airport is the most friendly and passenger friendly airport I have ever been to with the airport staff together with immigration and even
Security showing nothing but courtesy there are lots of shops and plenty of places to eat with good views of the aircraft ATMs currency exchange and booes and ticket machines taking both card and cash for transportation Henry kander by the way who the airport is named after was the Romanian inventor equivalent of Howard
Hughes finally thank you for staying with us up to now and if you have found any of this information useful I’d be very grateful indeed if you press the like button and subscribe if you haven’t already so finally just two things I have to mention about traveling to
Romania and that is when booking your hotel do check with them first if there is going to be someone at the setion to check you in if you are going to arrive late at night because the attitude is generally tough if you do find yourself locked out and the other one which many
Non-europeans may find a bit bizarre is in restaurants when you ask for the bill and the waiting staff ask you if they can add on a tip without stating the amount what they don’t explain even if you are a tourist and new to this is
What they mean is can the tip be a basic 10% service charge of which half goes to the government or 15 to 20% for exceptional service coming to you next gentlemen in my final report is how to get that little bit extra when in bucharesti
Everything you need to know for quickly finding
your feet when travelling to this lovely Eastern
European city for the first time
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